How To Generate More Traffic Than Grand Central Station
You’ve got your website ‘door’ wide open but nobody’s walking in it. Here are 5 ways to generate more traffic.
I was in Grand Central Station a couple of years ago and I was literally overwhelmed. This would be a good place to mention my crowd issues, but I won’t burden you with those details. Suffice it to say we walked into the lobby and people were everywhere. Foot traffic came from every direction. Each person had their own mission and purpose. Everyone moved quickly. There was little dawdling (except for the people who stay there all day every day).
Wouldn’t it be nice if your website generated traffic like that? That would be ‘grand’. Getting traffic from multiple directions with a specific purpose and mission. Traffic that sought you and found you so they could garner some key information from you to help them perform a task or reach a goal.
It’s quite likely. In addition, it can be done for F*R*E*E.
Traffic sources are only limited by where you market and how you choose to market yourself and/or your products.
There are several effective social sites you can utilize to market yourself, like:
1. Facebook – It’s the #2 trafficked site just behind Google. People are joining by the thousands every day. You can’t use your personal page to conduct business, but you can create a fan page. You can join groups and talk to like-minded individuals or at least those who have similar interests.
2. LinkedIn – This is a site for professionals. This is not the place for witty status comments and family pictures. The people here are about business and professional matters. If you respect that you can use it to your advantage. With the median income of LinkedIn users being ~$109,000 and about 40% of the members being business owners, this is indeed fertile territory.
3. Youtube – Video marketing has taken off like the shuttle. Youtube remains in the top 3 trafficked sites. Whatever one can say with words can be said even better and more readily with a video. People like videos. If you check out youtube you’ll see that the quality of the video is really irrelevant. The content is what matters. If almost everything can be found on youtube, you business should be a part of the mix, too.
4. Twitter – Keep your contingent updated with your tweets. Very hot site – currently the #5 trafficked site. Great place for marketing because a lot of people visit daily.
5. Article writing – This is one of my favorite. Articles can be written about whatever topic you choose. Then you can publish them on free article sites, forums, ezines, LinkedIn, and/or your blog. Because the written word is eternal, Article marketing is great. You want to make sure you have content that adds value. Give people what they need. Be concise. Don’t push your business in the article. Use your resource box for that.
This is definitely not an exhaustive list as there are many other options, like myspace and free classified ads. In each of these above mentioned venues, you have the opportunity to tailor your profile to inform your visitors of who you are and what you do. You want to add a nice professional picture of yourself so people can put a face with your name.
You’re generating all of this traffic in order to send them back to your primary site. Make sure its user friendly, inviting, and updated regularly. Driving traffic to an outdated site is like marketing suicide.
Arlissa Pinkelton
Find Out The 7 Mistakes Most MLM Marketers Are Making And How To Do It Right And Increase Your Leads. Arlissa Pinkelton is a leader in the area of Internet Marketing Via Social Sites. You can find additional articles on this subject written by her at Arlissa Pinkelton Blog.
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